Container for music-rolls and the like



C. S. BURTON.

CONTAINER FOR MUSIC ROLLS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, I919.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

(73 2172 5 Cimm Phil narrates S. BURTON, or can PARK,

ILLINOIS.

CONTAINER ron MusIo noLL's AND THE LIKE.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ti, Eldftil.

lipplication filed September 15, 1919. Serial No. 323,829.

To all who-m it may concern Be it known that I, (ll-ras es BURTON, acitizen of the Unitedfiitates, and a resident of Oaklarlr, in the countyof Cool: and filtate of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Containers for Music Rolls and the like, of which thefollowing a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof.

7 The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved container,particularly adapted for such articles as music rolls and the like, ofwhich the containers are commonly packed in piles or tiers with the endsonly accessible, so that it is desirable to have the contents withdrawnthrough the end of the container. It consists in the elements andfeatures of construction shown and described as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings: I

Figure 1 is a longltudinal vertical section of a container embodyingthis invention, the same being shown in closed position with a rolltherein.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the con- 'tainer closure withdrawn forprotruding the end 01. the roll to permit its engagement by the hand forcomplete withdrawal.

Fig. 3 is a section at the line 3--3, on F ig. 2. Flg. Fig. 2.

The container shown in the drawings comprises a tubular box, 1, havingone end closed and the other end open, and having at the. open end aclosure hinged at one edge of the closure at one side of the end of thebox for swinging to open and close the box. At the closed end of the boxthere is mounted therein a spring, 3, preferably in the form of aconical coil or helical spring with its wider base at the end oi the boxand its smaller end positioned for encountering the end of the insertedmusic roll or spool, t, as shown. This spring is of sufficient strengthto impel the roll or spool, which may be thrust into the box and heldtherein when the closure at the openend is closed, outward so as toprotrude the end of the roll when said closure is swung down to openposition, For holding the closure, 2, in closed position for retainingthe contents of the box therein, there is provided a spring device, 5,which is in the tl'orin of a three-sided open parallelogram consistingof two side bars, 5, and a cross 4 is a section at the line, 4-4, on

bar, f connecting them. This device is made of spring wire and has thetwo free ends of the side bar anchored in blocks, 6, 6, which are gluedinto the corners of thebox, the wire being bent to extend obliquelyupward from said blocks, the. cross bar extend ing across in front ofthe closure, 2, when the latter is at closed position, and adapted toswing down so as to stand or lie substantially in the plane of thebottom side of the box, to permit the closure to swing to open position,that is, substantially to horizontal position in the plane of the bottomof the box. The operator desiring to withdraw the roll from the box willpress down the cross bar of the spring catch device, to horizontalposition, whereupon the spring, 3, reacting will thrust the roll outwardover the depressed or horizontal closure, and will thereby lock saidclosure against returning to closed position until the operator, takinghold of the protruded end of the roll, coinpletes the withdrawal,whereupon the closure will be swung back by the spring catch deviceinto'closed position. F or convenience in opening the box to re-insertthe roll the closure, 2, has a finger notch, 2, at the upper edge, atwhich the operator will engage the closure to swing it down tohorizontal position for inserting the roll into the box.

To prevent the closure from being forced inward when the box is empty,beyond con venient reach for engaging its aperture 2, to withdraw it, itis made of greater width transversely,-that is, vertically, than thecorresponding interior dimension of the box;

and the hinged edge is set inward from the 7 forward open end of the boxas shown in Fig. 1. This relation of the vertical dimension of theclosure to the vertical interior dimension oi the box, and thepositionoii the hinge, constitutes the preferred means for stopping theclosure at its closed position.

I claim 1. A container comprising a tubular box having an open end, anda closure hinged at one edge of the open end for swinging from closed toopen. position; a spring in the rear closed end of the box for ejectingthe contents through the open end, and a hinged latch carried by the boxextending in front of the closure for holding it at closed position andwhich is accessible for swinging it away from closure-holding position;whereby when the latch is thus moved, the spring thrusts the contentsagainst tlie'closure and .opensthe same, protruding the contents 'tromthe box, the latch being mounted 'for vmovement past the hingededge ofthe closure for releasingthe latter.

"2. In a structure defined in claim 1, the latch being spring-held inclosure-locking position, to be moved past the hinged edge of theclosure for releasing the closure.

3. In the construction defined in claim 1, the latch comprising sidearms and a cross bar, the side arms extending along the two oppositesides ofthe box between which is the side at which the closure ishinged, and a cross bar extending across in front of the closure atclosed position.

4:. In the structure defined in claim 1, the closure being hinged at ashort distance back of the open end of the box and being adapted toswing into the box in closing.

5. In the structure defined in claim 1, the

' edge of the closure opposite its hinged edge having a finger-engagingrecess or notch.

6. In the construction defined in claim 1, foregoing, the closure beingadapted to swing into the box'in closing, and means for stopping itsinward movement at normally ciosed position, independently of thecontents of the box.

7.'In the construction defined in claim 1, foregoing, the closure beinghinged at its edge back of the open end of the box and adapted to swinginto the box in closing and having its dimension transversely to theedge at which it is hinged greater than the corresponding dimension ofthe box; whereby the closure is stopped at the opposite edge against theinner side of the box with freedom for being opened outwardly by theexpelled contents of the box upon release of the latch.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois,this 12th day of September, 1919.

CHARLES S. BURTON.

